blue sprinkle cupcakes

i made these yesterday for my friend who was having a matilda jane trunk show. she wanted them blue to match matilda jane's new 'gypsy blue' line. fun, fun! i hope you liked them, cori!

pink flag cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for my sister's birthday. i think they turned out pretty cute. the flags were so easy to make. i just cut up little pieces of scrapbook paper and attached them to toothpicks. fun and PINK!

guitar cupcakes / guitar cupcake cake

i made this guitar cupcake cake for my bro in law's 19th bday. he loves playing the guitar...so this is what i came up with. i was looking through my house for something that would work as guitar strings, and found these retro candy dots..they were perfect! i then found some yellow spree's & put them on for more added fun. the lightning bolts are even edible {i used a lightning bolt cookie cutter and chocolate candy melts}. if you look close the ribbon says "rock king" {i got it at michaels last year along with the silver "rocker" letters}.

transformer cupcakes

i made these cupcakes a few weeks ago for a little guy who loves transformers, the color blue, and the color green :). i made the transformer pops out of white chocolate candy melts dyed yellow {and soap molds}. the letters are chocolate too! i used some adorable letter molds.

shark cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for my friends little boy, kai. he had a water/pool themed birthday party.
i made the shark fins out of card stock.
and as for the cupcakes..they were pretty yummy! pina colada!

here's the cupcake recipe...

ingredients:
1 package yellow cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding and pie filling mix
3/4 cup Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut
1/2 cup white grape juice {or rum, if you drink alcohol}
1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 can crushed pineapple, well drained
1/2 cup shredded coconut

preparation:
preheat oven to 350°. in a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, 1/2 cup cream of coconut, 1/2 cup white grape juice, oil, and eggs. beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in drained crushed pineapple & shredded coconut. divide into cupcake liners. cook for 15-18 minutes.

chocolate glaze cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for my niece's birthday party. we dipped the tops of the cupcakes in a chocolate glaze {my niece helped} and then added strawberry slices to finish them off. the glaze is really easy to make...

CHOCOLATE GLAZE FROSTING {dries smooth, hard, and shiny}

6 tablespoons cocoa
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

1-Melt your butter.
2-Add all other ingredients.
3-Stir until well mixed and smooth.
4-Add more water if you want it thinner at this point.
5-If using as icing and you think it's too thick just let it sit for a few minutes.

chocolate banana cream daisy cupcakes

i made these cupcakes last weekend for a benefit bake sale. they were chocolate cupcakes with banana cream frosting! i came up with the frosting on my own, although i know there's a lot of banana cream frosting recipe's out there.
here's my recipe:

BANANA CREAM FROSTING
1/2 cup butter {1 stick}, softened
1 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
1 small package of banana pudding mix

beat the butter, cream cheese, & vanilla together. add the powdered sugar and banana pudding mix and beat until well blended.

tool man cupcakes

i made these cupcakes a few weeks ago for my brother in law's birthday. we can all be a kid at heart, right? :)

i made the saws and hammers out of candy melts {and a soap mold}. the frosting was my own creation....mint chocolate {i put brown sprinkles on top}. it was yum!
here's the recipe:

MINT CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1/2 c {1 stick) butter, softened
2-3 cups powdered sugar {depends on how thick you want the frosting}
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp mint extract {or add more until you get the desired flavor, it also depends on how strong your mint extract is}

mix well :)

pinkalicious cupcakes

i made these darling little things for my niece's birthday last weekend. can i just say that i LOVE pink?! i'm also lovin' the dainty cupcake liners i found on bake it pretty.

the cupcakes~ the birthday girl loves chocolate, so of course, CHOCOLATE

the frosting~ made my yummy cream cheese frosting with a touch of pink food coloring gel

the sprinkles~ mixed together a bunch of different types of pink, crystal, and white sprinkles

happy birthday sweet kiriauna!

cat in the hat cupcakes

here's the final dr seuss cupcakes i made for my friends baby shower a few weeks ago. to see more of the fun shower go here.
the toppers are supposed to be the cat's HAT'S. i made them out of white chocolate covered oreo's {i used wilton's candy melts and a cookie mold}, cherry life savers, and mint savers {stuck together with white frosting}. i made the actual cat in the hat toppers out of magnets.

cub scout cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for a boy in our neighborhood who's birthday fell on the day we had scout pack meeting. i made the scout badge cupcake toppers in photo shop {thank you google images}.

it turned out that the birthday boy's family took him camping, so he wasn't able to make it :). oh well, everyone enjoyed the cupcakes just the same. happy birthday isaiah!

strawberry shortcake cupcakes

here's some more strawberry shortcake cupcakes i made for my nieces strawberry shortcake birthday party! i made them just like the cupcakes below {aug. 5th post} but added strawberry shortcake toppers {found them on ebay} instead of strawberry gummies :). to see more of the party click here.

strawberry shortcake cupcakes

i made these cuties for my nieces strawberry shortcake party {to see more of the party go here}. they were quite simple actually...i piped strawberry frosting onto each cuppy and added a gummy strawberry to the top.

thing 1 and thing 2 cupcakes

and here's the last, but not least, cupcakes i made for the dr seuss baby shower! i got the idea from kitchen doughdough! thanks lyndsey! aren't they SO cute?!
i used blue cotton candy for the hair, and created some thing 1 & thing 2 tags in photoshop. LOVE THEM! {to see more of the shower go to my party site, www.karaspartyideas.com}

key lime cupcakes/ green eggs & ham

here's the second batch of cupcakes i made for the dr. seuss shower {to see all pics of the fun shower go here}. i made the toppers out of magnets!
key lime definitely isn't green eggs or ham, but they were still green, and that's what i wanted :).

here's the yummy recipe...

KEY LIME CUPCAKES
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk

FROSTING
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

CUPCAKES

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.

FROSTING
Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread or pipe onto cupcakes.

horton hears a who cupcakes

i hosted a dr seuss baby shower this weekend. i made LOTS of cupcakes for the whole shindig...so you're going to be seeing a lot of dr seuss around here this week! check my party site, http://www.karaspartyideas.com/ on tuesday to see more pics of the shower.

these first ones are horton hears a who raspberry lemonade cupcakes!
i made the toppers out of magnets! the fluff {for the clover in the book} is cotton candy.

here's the YUMMY recipe {adapted from howtoeatacupcake.net}

raspberry lemonade cupcakes
makes 12

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temp
3/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs, at room temp
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
2 packets Crystal Light® On The Go Raspberry Lemonade mix
zest of one lemon
Frosting4 oz. Neufchâtel cheese (or cream cheese), at room temp
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temp
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons water
1 packet Crystal Light® On The Go Raspberry Lemonade mix

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
2. In a small bowl, whisk or sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, and lemon zest with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating on high speed for 30 seconds between each addition. Scrape sides of the bowl occasionally with a rubber spatula.
5. In a measuring cup, combine milk and lemonade. Mix well.
6. Add flour mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour. (You should have 3 additions of flour and 2 additions of milk.) Mix just until flour is incorporated.
7. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are fine). Cool on a wire rack. When cupcakes are completely cool, make the frosting.
8. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on high speed for 20 seconds. Slowly add confectioners' sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating on medium speed until combined.
9. In a small measuring cup, mix water and lemonade until completely dissolved. Add lemonade mixture to the large bowl. Beat on high speed until frosting is thick and creamy.

clown cupcakes

here's my clown cupcakes i made for my little boys' circus party! i found the plastic shoes and clown heads online...

they were super fun...

to see more of my circus party go here {you can also see my popcorn cupcakes and snow cone cupcakes below}...

{photo's courtesty of my awesome photographer, lyndsey @ http://www.seenboxphotography.blogspot.com/}

4th of july cupcakes

i made these cupcakes with a white cake recipe and a cheesecake pudding mix. they were yum! i frosted them with homemade butter cream frosting and added red, white, & blue nonpareils. you can't forget the adorable toppers and cupcake sleeves i put together via paper and cake {they sell darling printables}. happy 4th of july!!!

cotton candy cupcakes

i made these cute cotton candy cupcakes for a sugar & spice party i hosted a few weeks ago {to see more pics of the party and my candy buffet go to my party site, here}. they were really yummy, and tasted a lot like cotton candy!

how to:

first i added 1 1/2 containers of blueberry yogurt to my white cake batter...

then added a little cotton candy flavoring {you can also add actual cotton candy to the batter, i just didn't have any on hand}...

the frosting was cream cheese with cotton candy flavoring {and blue food coloring gel}.

after all was said and done i rolled the edges in clear candy sprinkles & added a cotton candy topper {found on ebay}.

superman pancake cupcakes!

for fathers day this year we had a 'superdad' day. i made some raspberry muffins and pancake cupcakes for breakfast for my hubby. i had these adorable cupcake toppers that i had to use..but since everything was a surprise in the morning i didn't want to make cupcakes for breakfast! i got the idea from my friend, Lyndsey {kitchendoughdough}. so fun, huh?!
i put whipped cream on top...and added melted butter and syrup when eating 'em. delicious pancakes! my kids loved them, too! yum~
to see more of my superman themed decor go to my party site, www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com...